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HELLO!! Found you...not at all naff silly!

Nice weekend then? Yes, I assume that a lot of people are away because honestly I've never know it to be this quiet!!

Lasagna was OK..too much bechamel sauce for my liking & MIL . I did follow it word for word but now I know to use half! Very sad but I was dreaming about it last night..I'm determined to improve on it!! Still quite keen on teaching...haven't done much about it yet - just haven't had the time but think it may be a good move Feeling a lot more settled into my new SAHM role.. It's taken a long time but we're getting there...now I look back I can't actually believe I did the job I did for so long...just mind boggling tbh. That's not to say I don't get cross with DC! I was getting annoyed with J for persistantly throwing food on the floor (DD never did, is that a boy thing?!) & DD turned round & said "don't shout at my brother" then turns to him & says "don't worry Jack, I'll protect you when Mummy is cross"....??!!!!!!!!!

Ah that's so sweet. Ds continues to take dd's toys off her and yell at her if she touches his. Also can be quite rough with her. But when she goes for a nap he asks where she is and hugs her goodnight - it's little things like that that make me remember why I wanted him to have a sibling.

Hello all,
Lovely sunshine here. Went to the local farm park yesterday with some friends. There are four of us who have been friends for quite some time. Two of them recently had babies but I'm really worried about one of them. She mostr definitely has PND. She knows she feels down but I don't think she realises how bad she really is. She doesn't go out at all. She's normally so bubbly and happy but she just seemed so flat. It's very difficult to know what to do for the best.

Had a more relaxed day today. Was lovely to spend some time in the garden with DS, though.

We're off to Glos on Thursday for my uncle's funeral. It's going to be a bit of a day because we're going there and back in one day. It's about 150 miles each way. DH is coming too so we can share the driving.

Long may the sunshine continue!!

Hello!

Cori, DS throws his spoon on the floor a lot. I felt a bit bad today because DS was in highchair eating some food and we don't strap him in anymore because he hated it and would scream whenever he went in highchair. Anyway i was in kitchen getting his pud and heard crying so I went back in dining room and he had wriggled about in his chair and had tried to slip through the gap at the side of the chair under the arm except his body was dangling out the side and his head and shoulders were stuck on the seat side. He was fine but stuck quite fast, I had to push him back up onto the seat quite hard to get his legs and bottom through. It was sort of comical looking back on it poor thing Best not tell my MIL!

How is everyone on this lovely sunny day?

Cori - definitely not a boy thing as DD throws absolutely everything off her highchair, and if I say no in a stern voice, she just looks me in the eye and throws something else off!!!I have no idea how to stop it. My sister (who's a teacher but doesn't have kids of her own) says she's not being naughty, she's just playing. Hmmmmm, I'm not so sure!

We went to Venture yesterday. The guy started gushing from the moment we walked in up until the moment I said 'actually, I'm really only interested in the picture that came with the offer for now', things then cooled off very quickly, he said 'well there's not much point in me showing you anything else', hurried us through picking the picture and then out the door! When my sister asked for a price list he refused saying they only give them out if you go for the photo shoot. Not really surprising when they start from £200! I wouldn't go back there again. The photos weren't that great anyway. I didn't like any of the ones with me in so ended up with one of DD with her fingers in her mouth! It was the only 'natural' one where she's smiling, the rest were all very arty farty and staged. Anyway, after that we hit Ikea and ToysRUs, not to mention Pizza Hut where I totally blew my diet. Ah well, it has to be done sometimes!

Tomorrow we're going to a local stately home which has a bird garden attached. The weather forcast is a bit iffy - it said some showers but some sunny patches so hopefully we'll hit a sunny patch!

Cori and Bristols - being brave here and suggesting meeting up in Bluewater again!
Dd starts nursery Thurs and Fri soon and I've got 2 weeks before I start working in the week again.
Soooooooooooo..... I can make this coming Thurs and Fri or the following Thurs and Fri. It will mean I'll be sans kids so will be able to give yours lots of attention but ti is short notice so don't worry if it's a non starter...

My DD throws the things away, that she either doesn't like or has become bored of, too! Or she just throws it for the dog and giggles with glee!! I have to send the dog out of the room if I want her to eat anything, but then the dog is a very handy hoover for the things that are thrown anyway.
I tried saying no and being firm, too, but got the same response as you zmandaz
Now I give it no attention at all and she is a little better. Not much though
My mum reckons it is just a phase too and when she gets older and understands fully what no means she will stop. Well, not do it as much anyway
auch, I all emoticons today! Must be in a good mood!!
Although, DD has a horrid looking rash all over her body which makes me but she is not phased by it, was just walking back and forth in the living room with great delight a minute ago! I think it is a teething rash, she has two coming in on top and one just come through on the bottom.
It's a teething Bonanza!!

compo, I'd love too but I'll be with DC unless I can arrange with DH to have them after next Thursday nursery (this week a bit short notice)....let me see what I can do..

unbelievable - craply dh has decided to take next weekoff work so we can spend some 'quality time' together before I start work again in the week.
So i can't make it after all.
The fates are conspiring against us never to meet.... and I always wanted to meet a hairy truck drinver

Hope he's not expecting a week or romantic liasons.... I'm still much too paranoid about getting preggers again

lol compo...! Well that makes two of us..feeling very PMT ish again..am sure it's cranked up a notch since having J - or maybe I'm paying it that bit more attention..either way there are days when I think, well it wouldn't be that bad, then I come to my senses & say NO..never!

Oh lovely, a new thread!

Glad to hear you're feeling more settled Cori. The sun must take a difference!!

Fraser throws food on the floor too. I don't think it's being naughty, it's learning about cause and effect. They have no idea that throwing something on the floor is naughty (although it can't hurt to say no!), but he likes to see what happens when he drops something - as he then swivels violently to look to see where it's landed and is fascinated. It usually happens when he's finished ramming food in his mouth, so I take it as a sign he's full of whatever that food stuff was. We're well and truly not spooning anything in any more. Can't get a spoon anywhere near his face. So we have food all over his face, hair, legs, arms, floor every meal time.

My DS1 can be quite rough with F too, and like compo said, then he can give him a hug, or put his arm round him protectively, and I forgive it all. Yesterday when he was going to bed, he said "when Fraser's bigger, I will let him share my bed and he can sleep with me". Aaah. Wonder how much sleep they'd get though...!!

Sorry about your friend Bristols. It's difficult to know what to do in those circumstances. How well do you know her?

HH - it's not that I think DD's being naughty by throwing the food on the floor, it's when I say 'no' in a firm voice and she looks me straight in the eye and laughs, then chucks some more down there. And she isn't bothered about where it lands - which our cat has discovered much to her disgust. The thing is, I know it's a stage and I'm really not worried about it - I find it very hard to keep a straight face most of the time because she's just so cheeky.

We had our first picnic of the year today and it was lovely. It's so nice to be out and about in the sunshine for a change. Long may it last!

funny isn't it. F looks at me and giggles whenever he farts. He's learnt off DS1 that farting is a funny thing to do.. Amazing how fast they catch onto stuff...

HH - the funny thing is, whenever I give DD a jaffa cake (a rare treat) I can guarantee it never ends up on the floor

ha ha, they know what they like.... F was practically throwing himself out of my arms to get some chocolate cake the other day at a party, and squealing like a pig as well. He ended up with it all over his face (DS1 never had any chocolate before he was 1, that's gone out the window with DS2 - not that he has loads...!).

Morning ladies Another day of fabulous sunshine awaits...could this be summer??!! I was thinking back to how HOT & BOTHERED we all were this time last year...

This morning I had to break the bathroom down in as DH was locked inside! He was barking out instructions (as men do) from the inside..so I diligently unscrewed the handle, did everything he said..then he said I'd have to break it in ...so with an auidence of two screaming children (!!) I smashed it in & now my leg is really sore! Of course once out DH said, didn't you try putting the handle back in....I said you didn't tell me to do that...you said unscrew, move around then smash in!!!!!!!!

compo, not to worry - DH has some long hours next week so it wasn't looking good for me either. We do have to meet though....its always going to be easier without the DC I assume? What other dates do you think you can do?

Last night I watched 3 hours of Greys Anatomy!! Well, I had last weeks' recorded & hadn't managed it so sat down at 9pm before the new one at 10 & then didn't realise that they'd done a double bill...ab. bliss!! However, I'm assuming that's the end of the series for now?? compo??!!

Morning
Lol about having to break into the bathroom to rescue dh. He should have been a bit more grateful to be rescued
Ooh I have got Grey's Anatomy from last night videoed so will have to watch it and see if it's the end of the series.
Mandaz - I saw your other thread, hope everything is okay with you xxx

Re. meeting up, without kids would definitely be easier for me.
In September I won't be working w/ends any more (just p/t in the week) so maye we could do a Saturday and leave kids at home with dh's. Wouldn't that annoy them?!!

Hi all. Sunshine at last! Hooray!

We had a busy day yest driving back to Glos for my uncle's funeral. We left home at 6.30am and got back at 9pm. Ugh. We all slept well last night! All the family were pleased to meet DS, though, which was nice.

Compo - I'm starting work next week. I'm working... Thursdays and Fridays. Typical. So I won't be able to make it, I'm afraid. Will definitely have to do it another time. But I'll have DS with me.

He's at nursery all day today so I have the whole day to myself. I feel a bit lost, really. I really miss his company Still, plenty of jobs to get done, so that'll keep me occupied. Am still lounging in my dressing gown at the moment. Lovely.

Apparently it's going to be 27 degrees here tomorrow. Can't wait. Enjoy, everyone.

yes, i heard it's going to be a hot weekend. I hope it lasts until the weekend after as it's the Balloon Fiesta, and it's lovely watching all the balloons flying over the Avon Gorge, and past our house. DS1 will be able to stay up to see them for the first time as well, and he'll be really excited.

Bristols, I hope you're having a relaxing day, and that you haven't got dressed yet!!! So far today, we've been to a Tots tennis lesson (hilarious..) with DS1, DS2 went to sleep in the buggy while it was on so I got to watch after one circuit of the park to send him off to the land of nod. Good boy... Then we stayed in the park for a couple of hours before lunch. Doesn't the sun make everything seem so much better? There were loads of people out and playing on the swings, and it's so lovely to get all that fresh air.

I had a look on Google Earth yesterday at the place we're going to be staying in Sydney (going in 4 weeks... aargh). It looks fantastic, near the water, boats, a beach, park. Can't wait, except for the getting there bit... Yikes.

Oh wow, HH, I didn't realise you were off to Syndney!
Cori - Grey's Anatomy is on next week. I watched it on Sky+ and cried (how sad!).
Hope you've had a great day Bristols

not at all sad compo..I too cried!!!!! Infact, I usually end up crying when I watch it...happen to think that Alex is rather cute too! Why do you think they put two on then?!!

HH..the OZ trip looms then eh?!! Brings back memories from when we went to NZ 4 years ago...

Compo - im ok thanks for asking. I've been a bit down since I came back from holiday - I was planning it for so long and now it's been and gone and everythings come to a bit of a stop. Plus I'm stressing about the future - ex-h has a restraining order for a year. I'm planning on moving to an area he doesn't know and going ex-directory but I hate the fact that I'm always going to have to be extra security conscious etc. I know I have a lot to be grateful for and things could be a lot worse but I guess I'm just feeling a bit lonely and sorry for myself. I'll be a lot better once I'm working again and can move into my own place, it just seems a long way off at the moment.

Just a quickie to say.... we have had crawling here today
I know loads of our lo's are already crawling and are probably walking all over the place by now
Ds crawled a week before his 1st b/day so this is quite an achievement for dd!!

aww...congrats compo J isn't crawling either! Lots of bum shuffling & does seem to move around in a rather subtle way but hates hates hates being on his tummy!!! DD very hot & bothered tonight..is taking an age to go to sleep....DH said this is how I was this time last year!!!!

Wasn't it great to have sunshine & hot hot hot temps?!!!! We took the DC up to the coast at Aldeburgh & then home for much bouncing on the new trampoline (Grandparents early bday present for DD!) All in all a super day (the first one with children able to be at home in the garden without any clothes..it's only taken how many months??!!!!)